Narrowing the teaching-research gap by integrating undergraduate education and faculty scholarship
<p>Understanding and enjoying research can be facilitated by doing research with those we teach. By engaging undergraduate students as research participants, and converting a classroom assignment into a research project, the present author was able to narrow the teaching-research gap. 'Le...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Indiana University Office of Scholarly Publishing
2009-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning |
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| Online Access: | http://josotl.indiana.edu/article/view/2139 |
| Summary: | <p>Understanding and enjoying research can be facilitated by doing research with those we teach. By engaging undergraduate students as research participants, and converting a classroom assignment into a research project, the present author was able to narrow the teaching-research gap. 'Letters of Gratitude' were written to explore the benefits of being a benefactor and highlight important course content. Results indicated that students enjoyed participating in the process and showed increased interest in research. In addition, statistical group differences in subjective well-being were found between students who participated in the experimental and control groups.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1527-9316 |